Foot arch support and the like



. June 12, 1928.

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Filed Aug. 6 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ana-$4M 172 yen to? 6mm Patented June12, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND TEM'Y, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCHOLL "MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY INC, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOOT ARCH SUPPORT AND THE LIKE.

Application filed August 6, 1926, Serial No. 127,654, and in GreatBritain December 5, 1925.

This invention relates to that class of appliances intended for use inconnection with foot wear, and more particularly to foot arch supports.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved appliance of thisgeneral character, which will relieve foot discomfort in walking andpossesses sundry advantages over related devices heretofore known and 1used.

Broadly, the invention embodies the combination of a metal plate, orplates, with an insole comprising a single integral layer of material sofashioned or formed by cut-tin that the said metal plate, or plates willhave both sides presented thereto, the arrangement being such that thereis provided a complete upper covering to the appliance and an additionalpartial under covering,

which latter acts to separate the metal from the sole of the boot orshoe in which the appliance is inserted. In other words, an insole isemployed, part of the material of which is, by cutting, caused to belocated beneath the metal plate without interfering with the materialabove it, and is not to be confused with -one-piece insoles or coversturned down and under or up and upon the edge of a. metal or otherrelatively hard support. It has been proposed to split an inner sole inthe thickness of the material so as to form pockets to be packed withcotton wool or the like, to which of course no claim is herein made.

An appliance according to the present invention is simple, easy tomanufacture, durable, comfortable and not liable to produce undue wearof a boot or shoe.

The insole fashioned as aforesaid may be used without fiuther addition,but it is also permissible to combine other protective materialtherewith if so desired.

In order that the invention may be more readily understood and easilycarried into effect, it will now be further described with the aid ofthe accompanying drawings which illustrate several examples. From theseexamples, which are typical, many other modifications will be readihascertainable without specific description.

In the said drawings. Fig. 1 is an underside perspective view of a footarch support according to the invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line2-2 thereof; Figs. 3 and 4 are corresponding views of a modified form ofsupport; F 5 is an underside view of. an insole such as forms the coverof the metal component of a foot arch support or the equivalent, showinga different mode of constituting the same for the purpose of theinvention; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same with parts in anunnatural position; Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5; Fig.8 is a perspective view of Fig. 6; Fig. 9 is another perspective viewcorresponding to Fig. 7..

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, a metal plate 4 constituting the footarch support, is shown with its forward end slipped into a pocketproduced in a leather insole 8 by incising the latter in the mannerillustrated. The said incision is preferably made upon a curved line sothat the plate 4; is left as clear as possible to facilitate adjustment,which is done by a deforming device in the usual way. In this case,fiexure of the plate 4 and insole 3 will be practically equal, so thatthere may be said to be little or no relative movement between suchmembers, and the material of the insole is consequently free to rideupon the sole of the boot or shoe.

A compound foot arch support may be produced in a. similar way, as shownin Figs. 3 and 4, where, in addition to a plate 4 attached to move withthe insole 3, there is provided a spring plate 5 which is secured atonly the rear end so that the fore end thereof may slide upon the innersurface of the insole pocket while the latter is still free to slideupon the sole of the boot or shoe. It will thus be understood that thetoe end of the spring plate 5 is not initially inserted sufliciently farto press against the fore edge of the pocket, thus permitting theaforesaid sliding movement of the plate 5.

In some cases that part of either of the plates 4 or 5 which is insertedin the pocket of the insole, may be covered with aprotective medium suchas a coating of a plastic celluloid or other compound as indicated bythe stippling seen in Figs 1 and 3.

Since this application of a protective medium to the insole is regardedas especially important, particularly where hard wear is likely to beexperienced, a simple and inexpensive mode of applying the same andforming the pocket in the insole, consists, as illustrated in Figs. 5 to9, in splitting the insole from the toe rearwardly for a to set,-themarginal union being subsequently effected as by the application offurther composition of the same kind or other appro-' priate adhesive.This mode'of application will generally be more convenient where thespring plate 5 is to be accommodated. In other cases the surfaces neednot be united at all, but may be left free whether apro tective mediumis applied thereto or not,

' hat I claim is 1. An appliance of the character de scribed, comprisingthe combination of a metal plate and a single layer of insole material,wherein the insole is out with an angular incise at one end extendingsubstantially thereacross to form a pocket-like recess into which oneend of said plate is inserted to present both of its sides-to theinsole, while its other end is fastened to the latter, the arrangementbeing such as to provide a complete and uninterrupted upper covering t0the appliance along with an additional partial undercovering separatingthe metal from the sole of a shoe in which the appliance is inserted. V

2. An appliance of the character described, comprising the combinationof a metal arch-supporting plate and a single layer of insole material,said layer having a poclret in the'underside thereof formed by splitt ngthe same partially from the forward end thereof and incising one of thesplit portions of the layer transversely for substantially the fullwidth of the material to provide a pocket-like recess into which one endof the arch-supportingplate is inserted and attached to the insole withboth of its sides presented to theclatter, said pocket being closed bymarginally uniting the split portions of the layer, substantially asdescribed. I

Signed at London, England, this 23rd day of- June, 1926.

' EDMUND TEMY.

